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    "id": 407526,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Waiganjo",
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        "legal_name": "John Muriithi Waiganjo",
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    "content": "Commissioners. In the process, there were those who, perhaps, felt that the TJRC did not give them a hearing; even after their names were adversely mentioned. Therefore, Parliament is now the forum for those who feel aggrieved by the outcome of the Report of the TJRC. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there were those who felt that they were victims and the TJRC failed to give them a solution, even an opportunity to appear before them and also to recount their tales of suffering and misery. For those who did not get such opportunity, then obviously, Parliament is their forum through the peoples’ representatives. In fact, it was expected that the TJRC would have concluded its work and made recommendations that would have informed the constitutional review process. Unfortunately, the TJRC was bedevilled with a lot of its own challenges. Of course, hon. Members know that the Chairman had issues. The Vice-Chairman at some point also resigned. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, by the time the constitutional review process was concluded, the TJRC had not concluded its Report. In view of the new constitutional dispensation, and in view of the fact that by the time the TJRC brought its Report the new Constitution was already in place, it is important for Parliament to consider those recommendations because there are situations that you will find therein. The Report may direct certain independent offices that were created by the Constitution; like the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Inspector-General of police, the National Land Commission,"
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